S3, R5: Hurricanes vs. Sharks (vBookie)

Fung cleans up the ball and evades an attempted tackle by the oncoming Hutchinson. Fung runs back at the line. Just outside the 22 now as he passed to Jason Denton who puts his head down and aims at the nearest forward.

Denton tackled by Morris.

The ball's not coming out here. Unsurprisingly, the whistle goes.

Surprisingly, the ref's ruled in favour of Denton here. His call appears to be that Morris was not releasing the tackled player.

Penalty to the Hurricanes. Who's going to take this.

Miraculously, Ames gets to his feet again and refuses to let the Canes' backup take this kick. He nails it and secures a fortunate 3 points there.

Canes 3 - 10 Sharks

 

25:00

Line out to the Canes after a decent clearance from Logan. Good throw from Smith and it's a long one taken by Lover at the rear of the line out. Pilgrim receives the ball and throws an accurate short pass to Ames.

The next phase to be played from 22 metres on the Sharks side of the halfway line.

Ed Ames is nailed for the 2nd time in the match. This time by Eddie Morris for the Sharks and a ruck forms. Could the Sharks be targetting Ames here? The ruck is contested but the Hurricanes show good ball security and extracate the ball from the ruck.

The next phase to be played from 23 metres on the Sharks side of the halfway line.

Pilgrim thinks he's seen a gap and tries to pick the ball and run, but is immediately tackled by Regan Hutchinson. Pilgrim easily squirms to present clean ball, but there's no volunteers to fill in at half back for him.

The next phase to be played from 25 metres on the Sharks side of the halfway line.

Son trots up and picks the ball as the ref shouts that it's not clear of the ruck. Son spins a cut out pass to Karwin Rogers, but that's well read by Simon Laing for the Sharks and a ruck forms. A hint of offside there, methinks, but great defensive work here from the Sharks so far.

The next phase to be played from 26 metres on the Sharks side of the halfway line.

 

GO SHARKS WOOOOOO

 

We should win this easily

 

Incisive break by Damien Taylor as he spots a game and goes for it. Golding should have had him covered there, but was slightly out of position. Taylor passes infield to Pilgrim to avoid going into touch.

The next phase to be played from 36 metres on the Sharks side of the halfway line.

Luke Pilgrim with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 8 metres. It looks like he's going to be tackled by Chris Golding, who's looking for redemption but he manages to offload to Karwin Rogers in time.

The next phase to be played from 44 metres on the Sharks side of the halfway line.

Karwin Rogers with the ball on the run here. They won't stop him. Logan prevents an easy conversion, but that's the try that the Canes were looking for.

TRY TO Hurricanes
Conversion attempt for the Hurricanes. Kick to be taken by Ed Ames. Nah, that's sailed wide of the posts.

Canes 8 - 10 Sharks

Game on, shunts.

 

Better not throw this away